Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 19
trees and dense underbrush surrounding theruins of what had once been the great castle ofsGravendeel, which had been destroyed a hun-dred years before. I shall find her here, thought Melaatij, asshe ran along and, following the path, enteredthe cool shade of the trees. It was a lonelyplace, but the… … MEI.AATIJ AND HER GROOTMOEDER. light of the cool, soft moss and the tiny flowersthat bespangled it. She followed a lizard that jumped across the path and scurried away among the ferns, andfailing to find his hiding-place, she sat herselfdown on the moss, and leaned against one ofthe huge blocks of…
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